Improvement in car-couplings



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Car-Coupling'. l

N0, 159,695l l Patented Feb.'9,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CDEEIcEn LELAND MATTESON AND WILLIAM MATTESON, OFROCHESTER, MICHIGAN.

lIMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,695, dated February9, 1875; application tiled November 17, 1674.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LELAND MATTEsoN and WILLIAM MATTEsoN, ot Rochester,in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, have invented anImprovement in Oar-Couplings, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of our invention relates to a peculiar device attached to thedraw-bar for the purpose of holding a link in position to couple Withanother car, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure l is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsection at a; w. Fig. 3 is a cross-section at y y.

In the drawing, A represents an ordinaryr cast-iron draw-bar, providedwith a suitable pin, B. To sustain the link in a horizontal positionpreparatory to coupling With another car, an inverted stirrup, E, hasits ends dropped through slots in the bottom of the draw-head, andconnected by a girt, Which is" pushed or forced down by a leaf-spring,F, secured to the under side of the draw-bar. A bell-crank lever, G, hasits shorter arm pivoted through the stirrupgirt, While its longer armextends up the side of the draw-bar, being pivoted at its angle to apendent stud, a.

By pullingthe longer arm outwardly the stirrup. is elevated into thesocket of the drawhead sufficiently to allow the inner end ofthe link tobe slipped under it, When it is held in position by the spring.

Should the outer end of the link strike the lange of the draw-barapproaching it, instead of passing into its socket it Will be pushedback into the socket, sliding under the stirrup Without damage.

What We claim as our invention is rlhe combination, With the draw-bar A,of the stirrup E, spring F, and bell-crank Gr, as and for the purposeset forth.

LELAND MATTESON. WILLIAM MATTESON.

Witnesses H. F. EBERTS, H. S. SPRAGUE.

